Vor der Börse in Mailand steht für zehn Tage eine elf Meter hohe Stinkefinger-Skulptur von Maurizio Cattelan.
'officially it's name is L.O.V. E. - so it stands for love - but everyone can read between the lines and take away the message they see for themselves.' maurizio cattelan(via Nerdcore)
conceived especially for milan, all the fingers of the hand are cut off, except for the middle one, final mockery of all 'isms' - 'against ideology' ...
the sculpture represents also the semantic turnover of the leader’s assertive gesture and of power, codified by the classical monument.
a dialogue with the past: indeed, the artist is convinced that he has actually proposed a conservative and traditional work...
an opinion which the top leaders of palazzo marino (the city's town house) do not agree with ..." maurizio cattelan's middle finger displayed in milan
